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Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of times the Naval Service planned to send ships to sea in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020 but cancelled its plans due to personnel shortages; the number of times ships were sent to sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29803/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 196. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the effective strength and the establishment strength of the Reserve Defence Force by rank in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29804/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 197. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the average age of personnel in the Reserve Defence Force by rank, in tabular form. [29805/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Reserve (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 198. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the process for allowing former reservists re-enlist in the Reserve Defence Force to serve overseas in specific circumstances and allowing retired members of the Permanent Defence Force to move over to the Reserve Defence Force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29806/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Remuneration (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 199. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the estimated cost of not subjecting the overseas pay of the Army and Naval Service to income tax in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29807/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Recruitment (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 200. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of soldiers recruited and discharged in each of the years 2012 to 2019 and to date in 2020, for the Army, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29808/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Air Corps (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 201. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the establishment strength for Air Corps technicians; the number of apprentices recruited in 2019 and to date in 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29809/20]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Expenditure (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 202. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the amount of allocation unspent by the Defence Forces and his Department and returned in 2018 and 2019 and to date in 2020; the subheads underspends arose from; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29810/20]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 247. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of school bus services; her views on reports of the cancellation of services by Dublin Bus for a number of schools including a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29930/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 301. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a plan in place in her Department to quickly and efficiently process pandemic unemployment payment applications if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 5 designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29773/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Covid-19 Pandemic Supports (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 302. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if there is a plan in place in her Department to increase the levels of pandemic unemployment payment rates if Ireland needs to go to a Plan for Living with Covid-19 level 5 designation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29774/20]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Fuel Allowance (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 303. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of fuel allowance; the number of applications for fuel allowance; the number of refusals for fuel allowance over the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29811/20]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Childcare Services (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 341. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason parents are required to keep their child’s full attendance up in a crèche or risk funding being cut in view of the fact that County Dublin is in level 3 restrictions and there is a strong encouragement to work from home and have fewer social contacts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29932/20]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Data (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 493. To ask the Minister for Health if a copy of the presentation given by the HSE in relation to airport texting will be provided; the date on which the presentation was given and to whom; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30005/20]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Rural Recreation Policy (13 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 609. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development the status of the Barrow blueway; the timeline for opening the blueway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29813/20]

Financial Resolutions 2020 - Financial Resolution No. 7: General (Resumed) (14 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: As the Minister for Justice and Equality is in the Chamber, I would like to start by welcoming the €3 billion increase in funding for the justice portfolio. The Minister has said she looks forward to dedicating some of those resources to tackling domestic, sexual and gender-based violence. I look forward to getting more information in the coming days and weeks on how the Minister...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Schemes (14 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: 116. To ask the Minister for Finance if a large-scale scrappage scheme for petrol and diesel cars will be introduced in view of the plans to ban the sale of petrol and diesel cars from 2030. [30388/20]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I thank the witnesses for their testimony and submissions and the work they have done in recent weeks and months. This discussion is, to some extent, a continuation of the work done over the summer by the Special Committee on Covid-19 Response. It is unfortunate that we always seem to have the aviation industry before us when domestic pressures arising from Covid are moving in a particular...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I do not have much to add but this is the issue. It knits everything together in the aviation sector, from the travel agents to the airlines. It will keep workers in work. At the moment, I feel safer having someone from Italy, who has availed of a testing regime in an Italian airport, than someone from my home city of Dublin visit my house given the level of community transmission. That is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Sector: Discussion (14 Oct 2020)

Duncan Smith: I am not sure if such an individual will be available, but perhaps we could find someone involved in a testing regime at a European airport.